Republic
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Awesome new reviews
Just a note on some awesome new reviews of Republic: “I cared for a lot of the characters and none had a happy ending with so much death around them. the book was well written and I could not put it down. It wrung out my emotions.” “This is a well balanced read and I [...]
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MobiPocket, Amazon, and Why I’m not Dooooomed!
So here’s what happened. Way back in January 2008, I hit a brainstorm. My thought at the time was: I’m a really obscure writer, with what I think is a great idea for a book. Can’t get many people to buy it? I’ll just give it away! At the time, this was a fairly novel idea, and [...]
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New Librarything Review of Republic
Just posting a quick update: new review of Republic up at LibraryThing
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Republic Chapter One (#SampleSunday)
If you are wondering what #SampleSunday is, see this post. Chapter One May 24 Kenny Murphy, Jr. waved goodbye and turned to go into the school building. The faint lines at the corners of Ken Murphy’s eyes crinkled just a little as he watched the little blonde boy walk away. He’d changed so much that [...]
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#SampleSunday: Republic Chapter 17
Amazon: Paperback | Kindle Edition Barnes & Noble: Paperback | Nook Smashwords (Any ebook format) Chapter Seventeen September 12 The rain rattled against the canvas roof of Karen Greenfield’s HUMMWV like popcorn, loud enough that she couldn’t hear the radio. The air had turned cold from the rain, and the inside of the humvee smelled like sweat [...]
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Republic now available on the Nook from Barnes & Noble
Just a quick update. For the Nook readers out there, Republic is now available on the Nook!
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New formats available
Just a quick update. I probably won’t be posting any new chapters of Insurgent for a little while. Not because I’m not writing (I am), but because I’m making progress so quickly that it’s a disorganized mess. I’m in the stage of first drafting that its flying along, and getting chapters posted here is simply [...]
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Book Reviews, Publishing, Republic
50 Reviews
Republic finally hit 50 reviews on Amazon.com just the other day. I’m not sure why this feels like a milestone to me, but oddly enough it does. The book’s been out for three years, and seems to be selling better now than it ever has before. This is a good thing. And while not everyone [...]
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New Years Action: Giving away my book for free
I’ve never been one for New Years resolutions. Quit smoking? Yeah, right. However, a New Years action I can deal with. Here’s the plan: starting today, I’m going to be giving away the ebook version of Republic for free. No more sample chapters, partial books that end in the middle, none of that. You can download [...]
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How podcasting and free content is changing the publishing landscape
There’s a great piece in this morning’s Broward-Palm Beach New Times about J.C. Hutchins, who has been podcasting his 7th Son series over at Podiobooks.com. The most important quote: sleep is for pussies. J.C. is way ahead of me in terms his podcast — 20,000 listeners, compared to my measly few hundred to date. but [...]
